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Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte last week alarmed regional neighbors when he ordered troops to occupy all South China Sea reefs. (Photo by Barry Ohaylan/Davao Today) Photo used under CC BY

Duterte’s embarrassing to, fro on S. China Sea

Confusing pronouncements on the South China Sea and mounting international condemnation of the bloody crackdown on illegal drugs could lead the Philippines into a foreign policy crisis. Deutsche Welle reports from Manila.

Deutsche Welle

Nigerian police drive residents from settlement

Thousands of people in Nigeria’s Lagos state were left homeless after police stormed an informal fishing settlement and set fire to their homes, according to rights groups.

Al Jazeera

Special section:

Nigeria’s invisible crisis

Pulitzer Center

G7 seeks united front on Assad and Russia

The search for a unified approach to the Syria conflict after last week’s suspected chemical attack looks set to dominate talks between the G7 group of leading nations in Italy. Foreign ministers want Russia to distance itself from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

BBC

Nikki Haley says ‘regime change’ in Syria. Rex Tillerson doesn’t. What gives?

CNN

Grief, desperation among Egypt’s Coptics

Egypt’s Coptic Christians have spoken of their sadness – and their fears for the future – after terrorists targeted two congregations celebrating Palm Sunday. At least 49 people were killed in bombings at two churches.

CNN

ISIS claims responsibility for Coptic church bombings

Guardian

Fearing terror, Israel closes border with Egypt

Israel has closed its side of the Taba Border Crossing between Eilat and Egypt in light of concerns of terrorist attacks targeting tourists in the volatile Sinai Peninsula.

Jerusalem Post

Israel blocks Palestinian ‘March of Return’

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

Chechnya detains gay men in prison camps

The arrests are being made as part of a widespread anti-LGBT purge in the area. The prison camps are the first to be established for LGBT people since the Second World War.

Yahoo! News

China, Iran, Saudi Arabia executed most people

Number of executions drop worldwide, Amnesty International says, attributing decrease mainly to fewer hangings in Iran.

Al Jazeera

Special section:

Death penalty around the world in 2016

Al Jazeera

Concerns over China’s use of ‘capital offences’

Asia Times Online

NY leaders fight for trans rights in Puerto Rico

This demonstration is the most recent act of pushback against the latest anti-trans laws that have been passed in Puerto Rico.

NBCNews.com

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Judge orders probe into Temer’s cabinet

A Supreme Court justice dealt Brazilian President Michel Temer and Brazil’s political elite a heavy blow by ordering investigations into eight Cabinet ministers and dozens of lawmakers allegedly linked to the country’s biggest corruption scandal.

Reuters

North Korea warns of nuclear strike against US

North Korea is not backing down from its threats against the US. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the US would be willing to “solve the problem” alone.

Deutsche Welle

North Korea decries US carrier dispatch as parliament meets

Associated Press

Venezuelans mount anti-government protests

Venezuelan opposition supporters took to the streets again in sometimes violent clashes to protest an economic crisis and an erosion of democracy under leftist President Nicolas Maduro, in the first sustained wave of anti-government demonstrations in three years.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Star Trek medical device becomes a reality

The Tricorder was made famous in the science fiction TV series Star Trek - a device that could be held over the body to give an instant diagnosis of illness or any ailment you might be suffering from. But now it seems Star Trek medicine could closer than we thought.

BBC

Reprogramming brain cells to treat Parkinson’s

In a major breakthrough researchers show it is possible to make dopamine cells from astrocytes, accelerating traditional stem cell procedures and improving disease symptoms

Scientific American

FCC aims to keep ban on in-flight phone calls

The Federal Communications Commission is looking to kill an effort it started in 2013 to give airlines the option of installing on-board cellular equipment for calls and other services.

Associated Press

GLOBAL HEALTH

The unexpected cause of elephantiasis

The trigger for the disease is typically a tiny worm. About the width of human hair, the worm lodges inside lymph nodes. Instead of the bodily fluid draining and moving around the body properly, it gets trapped in the extremities but also sometimes around the genitals.

NPR

Stroke hospitalizations rising in young adults

A growing number of younger U.S. adults are being hospitalized for strokes, and a new study suggests that’s at least in part because more of them have risk factors like high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes.

Reuters

A big flu pandemic is coming

Experts say we are “due” for one. When it happens, they tell us, it will probably have a greater impact on humanity than anything else currently happening in the world.

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Kindergarten kids visit senior home

Twice a month these Omaha kindergarten students leave the classroom and go to a senior center.

MSN

Volunteers make 20,000 meals to feed hungry

On Good Deeds Day for the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County the local Jewish community raised $576,758 from 570 donors — and packaged 20,000 wholesome, easily-prepared meal kits for locals in need.

Sun-Sentinel

Man turns to baking to help those in need

Since his wife’s passing, Kellner took up baking as a way to give back to the community and honor the legacy of both his mother, from whom he learned to cook, and his wife.

Today

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

Mellon Foundation: $3.8M for theater program

The New England Foundation for the Arts has announced a three-year, $3.77 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to continue the work of the National Theater Project.

Philanthropy News Digest

Karen Civil opens computer lab for orphanage

Personality, author and entrepreneur Karen Civil used her influence to do some good at House Of Hope Orphanage in Titanyen, Haiti. Civil opened her Live Civil Computer Lab and donated 20 computers to the children.

Yahoo! News

Racing for a purpose

Student organization advocates for more pediatric cancer research funding

The Batt

ENVIRONMENT

Midwest’s weather threatens groundwater

Scientists fear the Midwest’s new fluctuating weather patterns will exacerbate an old problem: nitrate contamination.

Scientific American

France’s oldest nuclear plant to close by 2020

Amid a whirlwind of controversy, the French government has ordered the closure of the nuclear power plant. But its closure is dependent on the commissioning of a state-of-the-art nuclear plant in Normandy.

Deutsche Welle

Melting snow contains toxic pollutants

Researchers from McGill University and École de Technologie Supérieure in Montreal have found that urban snow accumulates a toxic cocktail from car emissions - pollutants that are in turn unleashed into the environment as the weather warms up.

Environmental News Network

BUSINESS

US-Mexican wall - a blow to both sides

Brownsville in Texas has benefitted from tax-free trade with Mexico, as well as the light border traffic. As has the Mexican town of Matamoros. But Trump’s policies are affecting business negatively. Business people on both sides are hoping for a shift in attitude in Washington.

Deutsche Welle

Russia could soon control a U.S. oil company

In a crazy twist of international events, Russia’s state-owned oil company Rosneft might end up owning Citgo, a US energy company based in Houston, Texas.

CNNMoney

Jana ups Whole Foods stake, pushes for sale

Jana Partners has upped its stake in Whole Foods Market Inc. as the hedge fund looks to shake up the board and senior management of the high-end grocer and push for a sale of the company that has been losing ground in the natural and organic niche it popularized.

Reuters

Photo of the Day

Whole Foods has been losing shoppers to rivals as the natural and organic category that it pioneered has gone mainstream via grocery rivals ranging from Kroger and Wal-Mart Stores to newer competitors such as Amazon and meal kit provider Blue Apron. (Photo by Kari Sullivan) Photo used under CC BY

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